Use of the Köppen-Trewartha climate classification to evaluate climatic refugia in statistically derived ecoregions for the People's Republic of China

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 113-131

  Baker, Barry ^a,e   Diaz, Henry ^b   Hargrove, William ^c   Hoffman, Forrest ^d  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLIMATE MODEL; CLUSTER NUMBERS; CONTINENTAL-SCALE ANALYSIS; ECOREGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORCINGS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GRID CELLS; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; NATURAL VEGETATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CLUSTERING;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATIC REGION; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFUGIUM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72749104186     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9622-2     Document Type: Article

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